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Briefing of KUNA main news for Wednesday until 00:00 GMT

KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Iraqi Oil Minister Thamer Al-Ghadban preside over talks on a range of bilateral issues and means to boost cooperation.

KUWAIT -- Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdulmehdi's visit to Kuwait was "fruitful and positive," presenting an opportunity to exchange viewpoints and discuss relations, says Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah.

BAGHDAD -- The US is unaware of Iraqi mediation to resolve the crisis between Washington and Tehran, says the US Mission in Iraq's Charge d'Affaires.

LONDON -- Britian's House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom resigns from her cabinet post in disagreement over Prime Minister Theresa May's latest Brexit proposal.

VIENNA -- Austria swears in its transition government after the dismissal of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) over an alleged corruption scandal involving former Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache. (end) sd